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If your project contains several objects of the same type, then to speed up project development, it is advisable to use non-unambiguous names when binding tags, but tag names associated with keywords based on user-defined properties. Let's create several tags for our example:

Let's create Motor graphical object for our example:

Let's open Object properties window by double clicking on it:

And let's create user-defined property - Number and make it's equal 1:

Close Collection window and then confirm creation of user-defined property by clicking OK on Object properties window. Then reopen Object properties window and enable Fill color property on the tab:

Now we need to bind Tag to the tag with name depending on our property - Number. To do this click "..." and in Choose tag window enter State{Number} in the Tag name field where Number is our user-defined property:

Now Fill color property bind to State1 tag and we need to change color depending on this tag's value:

To do this change Type to Tag.PV in the range:

And fill Ranges:

Confirm changes and close Object properties window by clicking OK. Now we have Motor with setup Fill color property. To copy this Motor and bind Fill color property to tags - State2 and State3 you no need to setup Fill color property for every Motor you only have to duplicate Motor:

 

And change Number property of the new Motor in the Property sheet:

Click OK to confirm your changes and Run simulation to check your settings:

You can download this project here.